Luxury
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 Seers of the Throne Sourcebook p.52 | |
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| Venue | Mage |
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Many Seers of the Throne possess this Merit. It doesn’t represent flexible resources but the ability to live a privileged lifestyle without spending money. Seers acquire this through blackmail, favor trading and investments in businesses and other organizations that cater to the elite.
Effect: Your character lives like a millionaire or better, regardless of her actual Resources. She wears fine clothes, drives expensive cars and can always get a spot at exclusive restaurants and resorts. She doesn’t pay for any of it through cash transactions. Instead, her social ties and backers provide these creature comforts.
- The •• version of this Merit provides the luxuries someone with US$5 million in assets (or Resources 5) could enjoy without breaking the bank. She always flies first class or in a chartered plane. There’s a Porsche waiting for her at the airport, and she can always get past the bodyguards at a nightclub.
- The •••• version of the Merit provides the kind of lifestyle that alternately fascinates and disgusts the rest of the world. The character has jets and helicopters at her constant disposal, rubs shoulders with celebrities and can count on a staff of assistants willing to cater to her every legal whim — and a few illegal ones (recreational drugs and prostitutes, for example).
Drawback
Your character’s luxuries ultimately belong to somebody else. They are for her personal use. She can have guests, of course, but can’t support them for an extended period of time. If she tries to resell or earn money using this Merit she finds that she either can’t move her borrowed assets, or is punished with the loss of this Merit. This Merit cannot be used to acquire weaponry or illegal items.
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| Character Type | Mage + |
| Merit Dots | 2 +, and 4 + |
| Merit Type | Social + |
| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Merit Editor + |
| Parent | Seers of the Throne Sourcebook +, and Resources + |
| Permission | Banned + |
| Source | Seers of the Throne Sourcebook + |
